Proto-Norse

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Etymology

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ᚹᛁᚹᚨᛉ (wiwaʀ) +‎ -ᛁᛚᚨ (-ila).

Proper noun

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ᚹᛁᚹᛁᛚᚨᚾ (wiwilan /Wīwilan/) m (genitive singular)

  1. a male given name
    • 350–550, Veblungsnes rock face (N KJ56)[1]
      ᛖᚲᛁᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉᚹᛁᚹᛁᛚᚨᚾ
      ekirilaʀwiwilan
      I, the Earl of Wīwila

References

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  1. ^ Inscription/entry N KJ56 in the RuneS-Database ot the research project Runic Writing in the Germanic Languages (RuneS) of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, 2024.